What was the first metal band you ever listened to?
 

I remember during summer camp a friend of mine gave me some Maiden to listen to...since then I'm a typical metalhead :thumb:

Iron Maiden-live After Death 1986

Probably Black Sabbath or Judas Priest or Thin Lizzy if they count.
Oh and Rush.

Come to think of it, Paranoid seems to have been around forever.
Every time I hear that song, it amazes me how long it's been going and still doesn't sound out of place.

Black Sabbath. Only metal band I still really listen to besides Led Zeppelin

Metallica. But I never liked them much.

Only metal bands I listen to now are Opeth, Mastodon, and Agalloch. I like some releases here and there by other acts, though wouldn't say I like the bands.

sabbath

Since when are Rush, Thin Lizzy and Zeppelin metal? O_o

First metal band I listened too would have been Black Sabbath or Iron Maiden.

My next door neighbour had an Ian Gillen Band single which he stuck on a tape for me. I think that was the first metal I ever heard.

I am embarrassed to say this, but the first metal band I ever listened to was POD. I came a long way from that terrible phase.